Biology:Sapranthus
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
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Sapranthus is a genus of flowering woody plants in the family Annonaceae.[1] The genus was first described in 1866 by Berthold Carl Seemann.[2]
Description
Plants in this genus are shrubs or trees. The flowers are solitary and terminal and have six petals.[3] The flowers have a characteristic foetid odour (giving the generic name) and are pollinated by beetles.[4]
Species
Plants of the World Online gives the following as accepted species:[1][5]
- Sapranthus campechianus (Kunth) Standl.
- Sapranthus chiapensis Standl. ex G.E.Schatz
- Sapranthus hirsutus van Rooden ex G.E.Schatz
- Sapranthus isae J.G.Vélez & Cogollo
- Sapranthus microcarpus (Donn.Sm.) R.E.Fr.
- Sapranthus palanga R.E.Fr.
- Sapranthus violaceus (Dunal) Saff.
- Sapranthus viridiflorus G.E.Schatz
- Sapranthus pinedai Ortiz-Rodriguez
- Sapranthus foetidus (Rosa) Safford
Further reading
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Sapranthus Seem. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:2134-1.
- ↑ Seemann, B.C. (1866). "ON SAPRANTHUS, A NEW GENUS OP ANONACEA,FROM CENTRAL AMERICA". Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 4: 369. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16233432.
- ↑ "Sapranthus Seem.". http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-4000033993.
- ↑ , Wikidata Q93452857
- ↑ Ortiz-Rodriguez, Andrés Ernesto; Linares, José Ledis (2023-09-05). "Taxonomic Novelties in Sapranthus (Annonaceae): a new large-sized species endemic to the mountain cloud forest of Central America". Brittonia. doi:10.1007/s12228-023-09762-y. ISSN 0007-196X. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12228-023-09762-y.
Wikidata ☰ Q7421121 entry
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